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Quantum computing is hot these days, problem is, it’s cold

Is quantum computing the next big thing or forever in the future? The answer lies in whether there’s a practical way to make the crucial components for…

Technology

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Emergency management today: Quantum computing is a 21st century solution for 21st century problems

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Keeping the qubits quiet: DARPA looks at how to build a quantum computer

Defense

Best practices for avoiding quantum doomsday

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White House tells agencies to participate in post-quantum cryptography tests

Cybersecurity

Quantum computing: What agencies need to know

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Can the government prevent a grid shutdown from a quantum cyber attack?

Cybersecurity

Quantum computing’s threat to cybersecurity — winter is coming

Cybersecurity

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Federal Newscast

What’s in the new NIST guidance for encryption, cybersecurity in the quantum era?

Technology

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Protecting encrypted data in a quantum computing world

Commentary

If you thought encryption was complicated now, wait ’til quantum computing

The big fear in the data encryption community is the advent of quantum computing, i.e. computers are so powerful they can crack any algorithm.

Cybersecurity

This Feb. 27, 2018, photo shows a seven cubit quantum device is seen at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Describing the inner workings of a quantum computer isn’t easy, even for top scholars. That’s because the machines process information at the scale of elementary particles such as electrons and photons, where different laws of physics apply. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A new federal effort to bolster the nation’s expertise in quantum computing

Two federal science agencies have together launched a plan to bolster U.S. strength in a field known as quantum information science and technology. The…

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Quantum computing & federal IT

Federal Tech Talk

Duncan Jones, head of Cybersecurity, and Tom Benjamin, president at Cambridge Quantum North America, join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk for a deep discussion on quantum computing and federal information technology.